The night that used to be bright and starry is cloudy today, and the dreary weather makes it difficult for many people to sleep.

Estan was the same, always a little irritable, tossing and turning on the wooden bed.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside, and he suddenly bounced up, put on a suit and rushed out of the house.

"What's going on?!"

When the guards outside the house saw Estan, they immediately reported, "Lord Viscount, it's the mage's carriage back!"

"The mage is back?"

Estan is not a fool, and it is not a good thing to suddenly return to this estimate of time.

Sure enough, it didn't take long to see the two teams sent out to deliver the carriage that pulled the mage to him, and the captain Ryker looked a little flustered.

"Where's Mage Ralde?"

"Lord Viscount, Lord Mage, in the carriage, I was seriously injured!"

"Lift him out!"

Although the mage had been of little use, Estan couldn't let anything happen to him, so he had the doctor called in immediately.

"What the hell is going on, why haven't you heard from you all this time?"

"Back to the Viscount, we have been looking for this mage, and we have not found any trace on the way, so we went to the surrounding forest to look for it, and then followed the trail of the carriage to the lake, where the carriage was parked.

There were several dead soldiers around the carriage, but there was no body of the mage, so we searched nearby again and found the badly wounded mage in a forest not far away!"

Estan frowned and figured out what might have happened, asking, "Are our people still alive?"

"Except for a few bodies next to the carriage, no one else was seen. That's right,"

Ryker pulled out a broken scroll and handed it to Estan, "I found this next to the mage-sama's corpse. ”

Estan hadn't seen a magic scroll, but he could vaguely guess some.

If that's the case, why would a mage's corpse be found in the cave?

"This Ralde is really ......"

Estan wanted to talk nonsense, but after thinking that it wouldn't be good to publicly insult a mage like this, he took it back and turned to look at Lake and the team behind him.

"Have you encountered any enemies along the way?"

"No, Lord Viscount, we have spent all our time searching for the Mage, and we have not encountered any enemies. ”

Estan nodded, thoughtful.

The mage's team had apparently encountered the enemy, and the bodies of the others were not seen and should have been captured.

And Lake's two teams have been out for so long and have only come back now, and they haven't encountered the enemy yet, which is obviously a little suspicious.

But even the lord can't just arrest and interrogate Lake, after all, they brought the mage back, and rash action would chill the other soldiers.

Estan calculated in his mind that he would let Bot send someone to keep an eye on him, and then there would be a result when the mage woke up.

"Okay, you've been running around for so long, let's go and get some rest first......"

Before he finished speaking, there was a panic in the place guarded at the entrance of the Sheltered Village!

A soldier hurried to report,

"Lord Viscount, the squad that protected the mages before has defected, killed the patrolling soldiers, and led the enemy to raid from the west!"

"Assemble your team to fight back!"

At this time, the south side of the village suddenly lit up with fire, and there were bursts of killing shouts!

"Lord Viscount, there are a large number of enemies in the forest, and guards and patrols are resisting, but there are too many of them!"

The village was noisy, and the enemy seemed to appear out of nowhere, pouring out from all sides!

"Didn't you say that there were no more than four hundred soldiers in Merlin?, how could there be so many?!"

In fact, Estan didn't know how many enemies there were in the dark, but now he was a little confused by being embattled.

"Don't panic, we have enough strength to resist them!"

Estan's mood stabilized quickly, and he realized that this was not the decisive battle he wanted.

"Bote, immediately arrange for the troops to defend in situ and understand the enemy's situation as soon as possible!"

Estan also has a squad of knights, and he is not afraid at all!

"Let all the knights wear armor, I will let the enemy have no return......"

As soon as the syllable of his word "Hui" fell, Deweyler, who had not spoken beside Lake, suddenly flew out, and the sword in his hand was pointed directly at Estan !

"You dare!"

Deweyler's movements were surprisingly fast, and the soldiers didn't have time to react, only Bot realized it, but he was too far away to stop the other party!

Estan looked at the sword stabbing at him in a panic, and the sword in his hand didn't have time to come out of its sheath and block it directly in front of him!

Bite!

With a crisp thud, Deweyler's sword swept across at a rapid pace, leaving a bloody streak in Estan 's abdomen!

At this time, Bot had already rushed over, and the other soldiers also surrounded him, but at this time, Lake jumped out to block Bot's way, and the two squads behind him also all turned against him, attacking the soldiers around him!

"Get out of here!"

Bot scolded angrily, but Lake stopped in front of him as if he didn't want to die.

He knew Laike's original strength, and thought that he could defeat it with one sword, but the fact was that the other party had taken his two swords and still didn't retreat!

At the same time, the Rune Knights with Lake also began to besiege Bot, and he didn't want to support Estan in a short time!

"Ryker, you traitor!"

"Surrender, Lord Bote, the Gemon family is not Lord Allen's enemies at all!"

According to Ryke's original temperament, he won't take refuge easily, but Alan gave too much!

He looked at the magic light that flickered slightly on his wrist, and when he knew that Baron Allen was really willing to give this rare magical item to captivity, Lake had already made a decision in his heart.

"Believe me, Lord Bot, following Lord Allen will take you far!"

"Shut up, betrayer!"

Repelling the others around him, the long sword in Bote's hand pointed straight at Lake with a bitter wind!

No matter how low the gold content of a sixth-level swordsman is, the blow that bursts out with all his strength cannot be easily blocked!

Clang!

The sound of the long sword clashing sounded, and Lake was instantly knocked away by the force on the sword, and fell heavily to the ground, a terrifying wound appeared on his chest, and blood gushed out instantly!

"Die!"

"Stop!"

Just as Bote's sword was about to pierce Lake's throat, Deweyler's voice suddenly rang out!

"If you still want Estan alive, put your sword down!"

At this time, Deweyler was standing behind Estan with the sword in his hand resting on the Viscount's neck.

"And you, all put your swords down!"

When the surrounding guards saw that the Viscount was being held hostage, they all stopped their movements, and the soldiers who heard the movement also stopped.

At this moment, everyone at the scene fell silent, and only the killing cries around them were endless.

Bot didn't kill Lake, but he didn't let up either, and the sword was still aimed at the other man's throat.

"Deweiler, you have to think clearly, it is a felony to hold nobles hostage. ”

Shhh

The sword slashed across Estin's leg, and Deweyler told Bot with practical actions that he had figured it out!